Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT - History, Major Flaws, & Why It Got Cancelled! (2006-2021) 

The WK1 SRT8 was a beast. I drag raced mine for YEARS. Went 8.0's at mid 170's in the 1/4. Went 8.30's AWD using a 100% bone stock front diff in it. 94mm turbo on a built 6.1L using a factory crank. Lol. Have a Trackhawk now. Had it 6 years and almost 90K miles making 840hp for 85K miles. Runs strong still.

... put almost 200K miles on my black 2007 without any major problem...with fatter non-runflats it was a headturner & a stoplight bandit...a fovorite trick was to remote start it as I walked up to it in the parking lot & watch people react to the deep throaty sound of that hemi exhaust...one of my favorite vehicles ever...😊

I have a 07 SRT8 cherokee at 200,000 miles baby runs so strong i think who ever had it before took care of it no problems 💯

I just got my 08 Jeep SRT8 and I love it and I’ll never get rid of her. She’s got about 80k miles and the interior is damn near flawless.

Marspeed! It's good to see that you're still here. Man I'm going to miss that SRT Grand Cherokee. I hope they've got a reasonable replacement planned.

WK version is the coolest because it's the most affordable and no-nonsense of them.

I have a 2007 & 2014 and both suffer from the caliper paint peel. my 2014 has warping leather and separated carbon fiber trim. Despite this, I still love them both (2007 a little more). I'm hoping to find a later model at a reasonable price once the used car market cools off.

Can you do a video of the 6.1 srt8 engine vs the 6.4 392? A comparison to see what are the benefits and drawbacks of each?

Ive got my 2012 SRT Jeep with over 270000 kms on it, its had the water pump replaced, service history is very good. Sounds extremely healthy when you open up the bonnet. Excessive idling and low RPM driving kills the 6.4.. the lifters dont have a targetable lifespan. If you change your oil every 5-6000km you're doing it serious favours. P.S. Great video!

They should've released the hellcat minivan as Pacifica

Great video, I love this series. Keep it up!

Hell yeah just rediscovered your channel again after like a year and you immediately drop a video, feelsgoodman

I know it’s gonna be a good day when you post a new vehicle history video!

VERY VERY Thorough... nice work man!

Thanks for another informative and interesting video👍🏻 I have had my 06 SRT for 13 years and 140K miles and it has been an amazing ownership experience

Outstanding presentation. Well prepared.

FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for another one of those episodes

The WK had a meaner, more muscular exterior design than the WK2. I agree with your 3 decisions on why the SRT was cancelled. Very good points.

My 2008 Jeep SRT8 has no flaws, maybe I'm just lucky. I have 126000 on my dash, sometimes when my other cars fail me I could always rely on it as a temp daily👍

Hey brother, I’m a huge fan of your videos. Could you maybe do the history of the Jeep Grand Cherokee in general?

@5:20 I like how you used my video of me driving up the driveway in the winter :)

Love my 09 srt8 I’ve maintained it very well I barely hit 100k miles and she still runs amazing. Only thing I can say is they are expensive to maintain but other than that it is well worth it.

That Trackhawk in red, oh boy what a beauty 😍😍

My favorite SUV! The Srt's are ausome.

Nice video i agree 100% just wanna add that there are cheaper workarrounds to the camshaft issues on the internet, mine has over 100k miles (5,7) and its doing great! im just using premium oil and some comon sense maintenance Also the first srt8 engine is considered one of the most reliable 6liter engines in comparisson to similar displacement engines.

I recently had a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that was optioned much like a Limited. I loved that thing! It came from California with low miles for it's age (120K) and no rust and being in Michigan, that was a treat! I had it for just over a year when I hit a boulder in the middle of the road lane on a foggy 3am around a curve. Someone put that there on purpose! 😭

Thank you for this one Marspeed 😎🔥💯 Jeep srt8 community where ya at!!

I miss my 17 SRT GC. Funnest, nicest vehicle I’ve owned. And I’ve owned A LOT of vehicles.

3:49 6.1 hemi was a brand new design from the ground up. It has literally zero to do with the 5.7 beyond the hemi name. Not even the blocks are similar

I have a love/hate relationship with my SRT 🤭 Every flaw mentioned is true. And yet I love it.

My favorite of all ages and I came from a Cherokee since grand wagoner

I have a 2015 wk2 srt. I need to snag a wk1 next.

I love the Gen 1 but that 5-speed trans was a poor match but the late 8-speed was far better over that long third gear in the 5-speed. I will miss this vehicle.

A stock wk1 is faster then a stock wk2.

Love my 2021 Jeep SRT

Love my 2020....I Like both Gens... luckily most of the flaws was taken care of in the later models...

Always wanted a first gen srt jeep Cherokee wth Air to air in front. Silver

Still love them!

This is spectaculation but I feel that maybe Stellantis is trying to make the Durango it's performance utility to give it more a separate identity from the Jeeps

Any updates on the direct connection pre stage kits?

The new wagoner i just saw in a car show has a twin turbo in line six 😳 😍 definitely not an SRT but still prolly moves

The bubbling/peeling leather on the dash and failing needle rollers in the lifters is also occurring in the the top of the line Mercedes such as the S class and Maybach. So I don’t think it’s strictly a jeep thing.

Do a video on the ram eco diesel

The HO Hurricane motor would probably fit in the Grand Cherokee and the Hurricane was designed with electrification in mind.

The WK model is still a classic

Does anyone know the size difference between the front and the back is it 20x9 front and 20x10 back?

I don’t believe we got the wk1 srt here in Australia as I can’t recall ever seeing one but we have so so many wk2 srts here there very popular

The only problem I had with 2005 2010 was the electrical sometimes the alarm would drain the battery that’s all I had a nice 2007 jeep SRT8 low end cam long tube headers kook and I did a full wrapping wanted to cruise but always wanted to open up vroom

I really like my 2017 Jeep grand Cherokee srt, I wanted to replace it for a 2021 but since they stopped doing it I ordered a 2022 durango srt which I received last week, it is possibly the last year of manufacture of the durango srt with this platform and the 392, too bad,

It's an unusual move not to produce a SRT version as all the other manufacturer's have high performance models in there line up. I was hoping to buy a new Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT but will buy something from another manufacturer now.

i hope What in the Future Bring Life the Group SRT.

Do you want to make a video about the Chrysler Town & Country and/or Dodge Grand Caravan? Those were Chrysler's minivans for a long time, but now they only have the Chrysler Pacifica. One flaw the Town & Country and Grand Caravan both had was they had poor safety ratings, but the Pacifica is a lot safer.

You forgot to add the interior carbon fibre peeling back on the panels

392 4XE

i feel a lot of the srt line up of jeeps and dodges got canceled hell they talked about doing it to a jeep liberty in like 06 or 07

You've quoted the towing capacity of the original WK SRT8, but I don't think it's even possible to mount a towing hitch on this car due to its exhaust design.

Can you do a video like this on the Durango Hellcat and why the Durango SRT isn’t selling

How fast are they?

Which one has the bigger bore? 6.1L or the 6.4L?

A grand wagoneer hellcat supercharged 6.4

I hope a jeep grand cherokee wk history and the fasters jeep grand cherokees since 1998 the og fast jeep was the 5.9lts límited

did they stop because they shut down the performance branch or?

I did not hear any flaws on the 6,1 l SRT8

I want one bad.

gonna be a better team.

2006-2001? you mean 21 right?

Don't you mean 2006-2021?

You made a mistake on the title for saying 2006-2001 lol.

It's a Mopar so I'm gonna miss it being gone. 😔

Been a good Ride for SRT brand!!!! I 🤦🏽‍♂️✌🏼

its gone to make room the the SRT-E

I dont believe the door badges are factory. Tailgate badge was for sure factory

Jeep Electric owners pulling a huge load: Hey, how come I only made it 110 miles before I had to fully recharge? This is not a knock against Jeep but all large Electric trucks, how are they going to overcome that issue?

this turned into a review

Gasoline engines are on their way OUT ?

It didn’t get canceled they made the previous jeep srt8 grand Cherokee

I Pretty Sad when jeep discontinued the Jeep Grand Cherokee Srt and Jeep Grand Cherokee track hawk, when I visit jeep websites only see the jeep Srt grand Cherokee, I think jeep going to take the srt grand Cherokee out of the lineup so this time is the last chance for get an set grand Cherokee before it’s too late, anyway jeep try to make jeep grand cherokee srt & jeep trackhawk fans feels better , when they replace the Jeep Grand Cherokee srt with the Jeep Wrangler 392 , and the jeep trackhawk with the jeep wagonner with an hurricane twin turbo 510hp , I think that an acceptable replacement, I think Hennessy will take an 2022 grand Cherokee an put an hellcat in it soon so trackhawk and srt grand Cherokee fans don’t be worried, Hennessy is going to solve the trackhawk problem :))))))))))

Long live the HEMI.

Friends don't let friends buy from Cry-Seller

So they're going to be totally electric in three years and today they have none. Sure, whatever you say.

a lot of dudes talk about the vibration at high way speeds and its a mystery to them. this explains it. fucking a if you arent aware of that $5k bill

Hellplant

13% greater economy. Lol.

Even my BMW X5 xDrive50i (non-M) with the V8 offers just slightly better performance and that vehicle had almost the same base price as the Grand Cherokee SRT. And the BMW has better material quality.

Do you think Chrysler should quit it with Cherokee being the name of a car? The head of the Cherokee Nation doesn't want Chrysler to use the name Cherokee anymore. I know they had good intentions, but the Cherokee Nation doesn't appreciate them using their name as the name of a car. The Jeep Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, and Grand Cherokee L should be renamed so Chrysler doesn't have the insensitivity anymore, and Chrysler fans including you will have to understand that. Some schools have had their mascot as the Redskins and had to change it for the same reason. Others have used names like Indians and Blackhawks, and they had to stop too. When Chrysler was asked to stop using the name Cherokee by the Cherokee Nation a year ago, Chrysler declined the name change which is quite hurtful. I know the name Cherokee been in the Jeep lineup for a long time, but Chrysler has had other names that had been in their lineup for a long time and renamed those cars. For example, the Chrysler Town & Country was renamed the Pacifica after over 20 years of their minivan being named the Town & Country, and the Pacifica seems more successful than the Town & Country ever was. The Dodge Grand Caravan was also canceled altogether a few more years later. There was also the Dodge Dakota which was discontinued altogether after 25 years. In that case, Jeep should come up with a new name for the Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, and Grand Cherokee L. Many of my friends think Habitat would be a good name for a Jeep, so maybe they should go for that. I know Subaru could use it too for a vehicle they don't have yet, but Jeep and Subaru have somewhat similar goals as it is. Since you seem to be a Chrysler fan, what are your ideas for it? Do you think Chrysler should do a survey about what the new name should be? If they do, they should reject any demands to keep the name Cherokee and tell the people who want the cars to stay as the Cherokee, Grand Cherokee, and Grand Cherokee L that's very insensitive, and they will never use Cherokee as a name again.

Jeep sucks. You would think that with their SRT line of vehicles, they would up the quality to bare minimum if not higher. But of course not, stellantis needs to burn down.

This whole it's a Chrysler product and they have troubles with quality control issues is so far from the truth that's pitiful. I maintain a fleet of Chevrolets for a business and I have never seen so many problems on a vehicle. Early version Chryslers had cheap interiors but there is no quality issues as of this day. People just repeat this bulls$it because they heard it somewhere else quit vomiting crap you heard from somebody else.